Nasa 21st centry na tayo, 'no? Dapat hindi na tayo na parang nasa middle ages pa tayo. Marami nang pag-usad sa kalayan ng mga tao at dignidad ng tao at ang mga LGBTQ natin na sa ngayon ay napag iiwanan.. Hindi na po pwede sa 21st century ang utak backward[s] na sila ay dinidiktahan sa kanilang kaligayahan. Pabor na pabor ako sa same sex marriage.

December

2021

I will support thee SOGIE (Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity or Expression) Bill, in fact I would go beyond that I will support the same-sex marriage.

March

2022

Wag lang tayong maging konserbatibo sa persons that are accountable. Wag lang 'yung small fish. Let us draw the right conclusions hanggang sa pinakatuktok, at 'wag tayong magkaroon ng pagtatangi sa mga powerful. Dapat maparusahan dahil sobrang kasalanan 'yan.

December,

2021

Noon pa man, ang taktika ng gobyerno ay limitado lang sa lockdown. Ngayon, dinagdagan ng vaccination pero wala talagang isang comprehensive plan. Matagal nang problema na walang comprehensive plan. Wala. Ang comprehensive plan ay importanteng importante na dapat tao ang nasa unahan, hindi negosyo.

December

2021

Filipino workers would always be on guard against every inclination to return to the dark days of martial law. The labor movement knows all too well that under an absolutist regime that employers are more vicious and wantonly disregard workers’ rights in their pursuit of profits. Capital favors fascism as it creates a docile workforce afraid to protest against unfair labor practices and subhuman conditions at work.

September

2018

I go by the record, Amnesty International. [More than] 3,000 ang pinatay noon ni Marcos... [34,000] ang mga tinorture, 70,000 ang kinulong. It's a matter of record.

March

2022

The regime killed more people under Duterte but I would say it’s still Marcos. With all the authoritarian rule, the powers concentrated in his hands. He made laws by himself without Congress.

March

2022

We do not have the luxury of time. We have until 2030 to reduce our carbon emissions and keep our temperature below 1.5 degrees. That's what scientists say. If we do not do that, that's irreversible. Ibig sabihin ang human race ay endanger[ed], the worst is extinction.

March

2022

Willing ako i-mobilize ang masang Pilipino at manggagawang Plipino upang matanggalan ng sungay at pangil ang political dynasties na 'yan.

December

2021

These efforts to remove the foreign ownership restrictions in our constitution only seek to further the control of the economy by capitalists, beholden only to their global ties and interest. Local elites with their foreign partners have all to profit from opening the country up in the name of competitiveness and economic growth as we have seen time and again from the past decades.

January

2021

https://www.facebook.com/manggagawangpilipino/photos/a.1201704399923502/3693092117451372/?type=3&source=57

Panahon nang basagin ang ilusyon sa lumilikha ng hanapbuhay ang kontraktwalisasyon. Huwan ang pagbagangon ng ekonomiya kung nakasandig ito sa milyun-milyong kontraktwal na manggagawa.

October

2021

We have controlled women’s bodies for too long...telling women when to reproduce, what to think, what to wear. Telling women their limitations. Women should decide. I don’t consider abortion murder. I consider it as a choice of women over their own bodies. I am a man, what right do I have to tell a woman what to do with her body?

March

2022

Not only we must disagree, we must protest. The United States [of America] is playing a dangerous game in our region. First, it is already worse that the US pursues a policy of containment against China. And when you do that, history has proven us when a superpower is contained, just like in World War 2. How Germany felt constricted by the western powers? It resulted in World War 2. And now we are witnessing the same policy of containment in Russia and now we have war. Now, it's not only that the United States contains China. The United States is trying to escalate by putting nuclear warheads in Japan. Definitely, that's a very, very dangerous thing. It will lead to war. We must, in fact, protest against this act.

March

2022

plans of US to deploy nuclear warheads in Japan

Yes, I do. But, I would like to add that I disagree with the statement a while ago that we have to pick sides. That means that if you don't pick the United States, then we'll pick China. I totally disagree with that. We don't pick the US. We don't pick China. We must have an independent foreign policy. And, in fact, we must talk to our neighbors and have a non-aligned formation in Southeast Asia.

March

2022

abrogation of mutual defense treaty

No. That's not sitting on the fence, maam. That is, in fact, making a choice that we, our future as a nation, our interest as a nation should not be tied to the interest of these two superpowers and we have no choice, we'll just have to choose sides. That's not sitting on the fence. That's choosing our side, the side of the Filipino people, our national interest.

March

2022

sitting on the fence in terms of foreign policy

Ang sistema ng demokrasya natin ay Representative Democracy. Therefore kung Representative Democracy 'yan, dapat ang katangian ng isang senador o qualification ng isang senador ay sinisilbihan nya, or nire-represent n'ya 'yung interest ng majority, hindi ng minority. Sino ba ang majority? Ang manggagawa, masang Pilipino, maralita. Sino ang minority? Ang mga bilyonaryo, haciendero, businessman, negosyante. Ang interes ng mas nakakarami ang pinagsisilbihan. Sa kasamaang palad, 95% of our loss is protection of private property.

March

2022

Job description of a senator

I agree na hindi dapat ang age of criminal responsibility. I disagree na dapat parusahan ang mga magulang. Tandaan ang krimen sa baba ay dahil sa social problems na krineate ng ating lipunan. I also na dapat bigyan natin ng tamang values ang mga kabataan. Dapat tinuturo sa school na masama ang extrajudicial killing. Masama ang red tagging. Masama si Marcos, marami s'yang human rights violation... Dapat tinuturuan natin ang kabataan na respetuhin ang buhay, human rights, respetuhin ang buhay ng lahat at hindi pumapatay ang ating gobyerno, at hindi nagnanakaw ang ating gobyerno. Diyan tayo magkakaroon ng mabuting henerasyon ng kabataan.

March

2022

lowering the age of criminal responsibility

With all due respect to Atty. Harry Roque, I know your history, you were anti-Marcos before. You were for human rights before. You spent your life against the Marcoses. You worked for human rights. And now that you were given a Senate spot under the party of Bongbong Marcos, now you cry hallelujah and praise Marcos.

March

2022

Harry Roque defending injustices commtited by Marcos

Kailangan proteksyunan at respetuhin ang ating mga IPs. Kailangan proteksyunan, respetuhin ang kanilang ancestral lands. Dapat hindi sila pinapasok ng mining companies. Dapat sila [IPs] ang nagko-control ng resources nila sa loob. Dapat hindi pumapasok ang mga security forces ng estado para harassin sila. Dapat hindi ginagawang anti-insurgency framework ang pag aasiste sa kanila. Kung gusto natin sila asistehan, 'wag nating i-draw sa anti-insurgency framework na dapat may peace and quiet sa kanilang komunidad... Hindi ko maintindihan kung paano nakakatulong ang NTF-ELCAC sa IP, gayong ito ang nagbunsod ng red-tagging at patayan. Dapat nang buwagin yan.

March

2022

strengthening the NTF-ELCAC in the IP Community

I go for the right of self-determination of Sulu and Sabahese people.

March

2022

Sabah claim

It’s still my time...I go by the record...It’s my time. Huwag kang bastos.

March

2022

Larry Gadon defending injustices committed by Marcos

Hindi puwedeng hugas-kamay ang Landbank dito. Obligado silang maging metikuloso sa pangangalaga sa pera ng mga guro. Dahil mismong pagkawala ng pera na nasa kanilang pangangalaga ay may sagutin na agad sila ayon sa batas.

January

2022

Cybertheft on Landbank

Mainam na nagkaroon ng positibong tugon ang DOLE hinggil sa hinaing ng manggagawa na magkaroon ng paid quarantine leave para sa mga manggagawang kinakailangang magkwarantina dahil positibo sa COVID-19 o nagkaroon ng close contact na may COVID-19... Hindi dapat gawing opsyon lamang ng employer na bigyan ng karampatang benepisyo ang manggagawa. Dapat obligahin ang employer na magbigay ng paid quarantine leave, gaya ng pag-obliga ng gobyerno na magpabakuna ang mga manggagawa. Maisasagawa ito sa pamamagitan ng isang Department Order na mas may pangil kaysa Labor Advisory.

January

2022

paid quarantine leave na kautusan ng DOLE

Alyansa kasama ang U.S, ibig sabihin sasali tayo sa giyera na hindi natin giyera. Definitely no. Ang problema natin sa nationa security ay yung fact mismo na nasa orbit tayo ng Amerikano.

December

2021

QUAD invitation

We should strive for an independent foreign policy. It should be based on mutual cooperation on nations... Definitely, I preponderate towards signing a military agreement with anyone.

December

2021

signing forces agreement with Russia

Workers are squeezed dry, work in very bad conditions for very minimum wages, but the government only watches out for business. Government only provides corporations with even more relief from paying direct taxes. This effectively reduces potential revenues for public coffers – precious resources needed especially at this time of pandemic and economic crisis.

December

2021

undue taxing to mining corporation

Pag-alala sa 169 na manggagawang nailibing nang buhay sa ika-40 anibersaryo ng pagguho ng Manila Film Center...Hindi kami nakakalimot sa napakatinding krimen na ito ng mag-asawang Marcos. Dahil sa narsisistikong kapritso ng mag-asawa na maibida ang kanilang construction projects, minadali ang konstruksyon ng Film Center na syang nagresulta sa sakuna. Sa huli, manggagawa ang nawalan ng buhay dahil sa ganitong wala sa lugar na pride ng mga Marcos. Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa nabibigyang hustisya ang mga manggagawang namatay.

November

2021

Manila Film Center Wokers' Death Anniversary

Panahon nang basagin ang ilusyon sa lumilikha ng hanapbuhay ang kontraktwalisasyon. Huwan ang pagbagangon ng ekonomiya kung nakasandig ito sa milyun-milyong kontraktwal na manggagawa.

October

2021

transitioning to renewable energy

Incumbent officials are doing everything in their power to stifle the electoral process by discriminating against the marginalized sectors who seek societal change via the elections, waged and salaried workers account for almost 43 million of our population and yet we are the least represented in Congress

October

2018

Amending Partylist System Act